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Protesters stay out on Hong Kong streets, defying Beijing
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters blocked Hong Kong streets in the early hours on Tuesday, maintaining pressure on China as it faces one of its biggest political challenges since the Tiananmen Square crackdown 25 years ago.
Iranian nuclear physicist killed by Revolutionary Guard, not Israel, sister says
The sister of a leading Iranian nuclear physicist widely believed to have been assassinated by Israel as part of an effort to derail the Islamic Republic’s drive to create nuclear weapons says her brother was murdered by Iran ’s Revolutionary Guard (IRI) because he wouldn’t cooperate with the effort to divert nuclear activities from peaceful purposes.
Netanyahu’s full speech at the United Nations General Assembly
I come here from Jerusalem to speak on behalf of my people, the people of Israel. I\’ve come here to speak about the dangers we face and about the opportunities we see.
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Moving and shaking: JCFLA’s Marvin Schotland honored, SOLA celebrates
The most moving part of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles’ (JCFLA) 60th-anniversary celebration at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills Sept. 19 had to be when CEO Marvin Schotland’s father, Lou Schotland, sang to his son.
U.S. court rules Arab Bank liable for Hamas terror
Arab Bank provided material support to Hamas, a U.S. court found, and must compensate the victims of 24 attacks carried out by the terror group.
Bikur Cholim head’s role revealed in annuities scheme
Although the final legal shoe appears to have dropped in an $850,000 settlement between broker Michael Horowitz and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in an illegal $80 million variable annuities scheme, the effects of the fraud are still being felt in Los Angeles.
Focusing on ISIS in U.N. speech, Obama virtually ignores Iran
President Barack Obama devoted the bulk of his U.N. speech to the fight against violent Islamic extremism and hardly mentioned Iran’s nuclear program.